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Originally Posted by HarryT
I like the Miles Vorkosigan series a lot, but I would entirely agree with Bill - it is NOT "military SF".
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I think I have described what it is, but not necessarily why it is not military SF (It certainly looks like military SF from some of the covers).
Essentially Bujold is not at all interested in how the military might work in the future nor how battles might be fought. The closest that any of the novels really comes to military SF is the Vor Game and even then the military really only forms a backdrop for the main character's adventures (as it does for several other adventures of Miles Vorkosigan). Anything resembling real military action doesn't tend to be described in great detail.
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Bill